Ken Yang
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Ken Yang
@kenjaminyang.bsky.social
· Aug 26
I had the privilege of interviewing Dr. Geoffrey Hinton, Nobel Laureate and "Godfather of AI" on one of the most important topics of our time: AI risk, the future of work, UBI, and the path forward for humanity x superintelligence
Unfortunately bluesky doesn't do long videos. Link below to our talk
Unfortunately bluesky doesn't do long videos. Link below to our talk
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sharing AI's gains through dividends means economic security for all, not just the few
November 14, 2025 at 7:17 PM
sharing AI's gains through dividends means economic security for all, not just the few
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It's not that radical
As expected, many still just parrot the same tired tropes instead responding to these points head on in good faith.
An income floor is hyper-capital efficient and costs less than what we're spending today on poverty.
UBI dividends give us a stake in natural & publicly created common wealth.
An income floor is hyper-capital efficient and costs less than what we're spending today on poverty.
UBI dividends give us a stake in natural & publicly created common wealth.
November 13, 2025 at 7:37 PM
It's not that radical
As expected, many still just parrot the same tired tropes instead responding to these points head on in good faith.
An income floor is hyper-capital efficient and costs less than what we're spending today on poverty.
UBI dividends give us a stake in natural & publicly created common wealth.
An income floor is hyper-capital efficient and costs less than what we're spending today on poverty.
UBI dividends give us a stake in natural & publicly created common wealth.
November 13, 2025 at 7:35 PM
As expected, many still just parrot the same tired tropes instead responding to these points head on in good faith.
An income floor is hyper-capital efficient and costs less than what we're spending today on poverty.
UBI dividends give us a stake in natural & publicly created common wealth.
An income floor is hyper-capital efficient and costs less than what we're spending today on poverty.
UBI dividends give us a stake in natural & publicly created common wealth.
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Lots of newcomers to basic income learning the truth:
- 0 studies showed major drop in work
- saves taxpayers $ long-run (cheaper than poverty)
- most Canadians benefited from some sort of basic income (CCB, GIS)
- people in AI pretty much all support UBI
- it's not left or right (see Alaska's UBI)
- 0 studies showed major drop in work
- saves taxpayers $ long-run (cheaper than poverty)
- most Canadians benefited from some sort of basic income (CCB, GIS)
- people in AI pretty much all support UBI
- it's not left or right (see Alaska's UBI)
BREAKING: Canadian Senate Bill S-206 for a Guaranteed Livable Basic Income passed Second Reading and will be sent to Committee
News Release: Senate Committee to Study Guaranteed Livable Basic Income — Senator Kim Pate 🤩
News Release: Senate Committee to Study Guaranteed Livable Basic Income — Senator Kim Pate 🤩
November 10, 2025 at 6:44 PM
Lots of newcomers to basic income learning the truth:
- 0 studies showed major drop in work
- saves taxpayers $ long-run (cheaper than poverty)
- most Canadians benefited from some sort of basic income (CCB, GIS)
- people in AI pretty much all support UBI
- it's not left or right (see Alaska's UBI)
- 0 studies showed major drop in work
- saves taxpayers $ long-run (cheaper than poverty)
- most Canadians benefited from some sort of basic income (CCB, GIS)
- people in AI pretty much all support UBI
- it's not left or right (see Alaska's UBI)
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Working should get more tax relief than gains from owning land. We have it backwards.
November 11, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Working should get more tax relief than gains from owning land. We have it backwards.
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Many types of basic income already work today successfully.
Alaska's UBI dividend is being called on as a model for Alberta and US sovereign wealth funds.
A guaranteed income floor is just a negative income tax that would save taxpayers money.
www.ubiworks.ca/gbi-vs-ubi
Alaska's UBI dividend is being called on as a model for Alberta and US sovereign wealth funds.
A guaranteed income floor is just a negative income tax that would save taxpayers money.
www.ubiworks.ca/gbi-vs-ubi
Basic Income Explained: Guaranteed Basic Income (GBI) vs. Universal Basic Income (UBI)
We already have basic income models that work: guaranteed basic income to lower poverty and UBI dividends from common resources. We explain the differences and how they work together to provide econom...
www.ubiworks.ca
November 11, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Many types of basic income already work today successfully.
Alaska's UBI dividend is being called on as a model for Alberta and US sovereign wealth funds.
A guaranteed income floor is just a negative income tax that would save taxpayers money.
www.ubiworks.ca/gbi-vs-ubi
Alaska's UBI dividend is being called on as a model for Alberta and US sovereign wealth funds.
A guaranteed income floor is just a negative income tax that would save taxpayers money.
www.ubiworks.ca/gbi-vs-ubi
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This initiative needs to be sped up and put in place ASAP.
Lots of newcomers to basic income learning the truth:
- 0 studies showed major drop in work
- saves taxpayers $ long-run (cheaper than poverty)
- most Canadians benefited from some sort of basic income (CCB, GIS)
- people in AI pretty much all support UBI
- it's not left or right (see Alaska's UBI)
- 0 studies showed major drop in work
- saves taxpayers $ long-run (cheaper than poverty)
- most Canadians benefited from some sort of basic income (CCB, GIS)
- people in AI pretty much all support UBI
- it's not left or right (see Alaska's UBI)
BREAKING: Canadian Senate Bill S-206 for a Guaranteed Livable Basic Income passed Second Reading and will be sent to Committee
News Release: Senate Committee to Study Guaranteed Livable Basic Income — Senator Kim Pate 🤩
News Release: Senate Committee to Study Guaranteed Livable Basic Income — Senator Kim Pate 🤩
November 10, 2025 at 7:13 PM
This initiative needs to be sped up and put in place ASAP.
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Betting against UBI is betting against AI.
And I wouldn't bet against AI.
And I wouldn't bet against AI.
November 10, 2025 at 7:37 PM
Betting against UBI is betting against AI.
And I wouldn't bet against AI.
And I wouldn't bet against AI.
Lots of newcomers to basic income learning the truth:
- 0 studies showed major drop in work
- saves taxpayers $ long-run (cheaper than poverty)
- most Canadians benefited from some sort of basic income (CCB, GIS)
- people in AI pretty much all support UBI
- it's not left or right (see Alaska's UBI)
- 0 studies showed major drop in work
- saves taxpayers $ long-run (cheaper than poverty)
- most Canadians benefited from some sort of basic income (CCB, GIS)
- people in AI pretty much all support UBI
- it's not left or right (see Alaska's UBI)
BREAKING: Canadian Senate Bill S-206 for a Guaranteed Livable Basic Income passed Second Reading and will be sent to Committee
News Release: Senate Committee to Study Guaranteed Livable Basic Income — Senator Kim Pate 🤩
News Release: Senate Committee to Study Guaranteed Livable Basic Income — Senator Kim Pate 🤩
November 10, 2025 at 6:44 PM
Lots of newcomers to basic income learning the truth:
- 0 studies showed major drop in work
- saves taxpayers $ long-run (cheaper than poverty)
- most Canadians benefited from some sort of basic income (CCB, GIS)
- people in AI pretty much all support UBI
- it's not left or right (see Alaska's UBI)
- 0 studies showed major drop in work
- saves taxpayers $ long-run (cheaper than poverty)
- most Canadians benefited from some sort of basic income (CCB, GIS)
- people in AI pretty much all support UBI
- it's not left or right (see Alaska's UBI)
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Our post on X went viral (200K and counting) and major accounts are reposting it. Give us a boost and help shape the narrative.
x.com/ubi_works/st...
x.com/ubi_works/st...
UBI Works 🇨🇦 on X: "BREAKING: Canadian Senate Bill S-206 for a Guaranteed Livable Basic Income passed Second Reading and will be sent to Committee News Release: Senate Committee to Study Guaranteed Livable Basic Income — Senator Kim Pate 🤩 https://t.co/B27gDdSYMH" / X
BREAKING: Canadian Senate Bill S-206 for a Guaranteed Livable Basic Income passed Second Reading and will be sent to Committee News Release: Senate Committee to Study Guaranteed Livable Basic Income — Senator Kim Pate 🤩 https://t.co/B27gDdSYMH
x.com
November 10, 2025 at 6:40 PM
Our post on X went viral (200K and counting) and major accounts are reposting it. Give us a boost and help shape the narrative.
x.com/ubi_works/st...
x.com/ubi_works/st...
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The evidence is in favour of basic income
pro-freedom, pro-safety, pro-family, pro-entrepreneurship, pro-jobs, pro-market, pro-dignity
That's what they'll learn
pro-freedom, pro-safety, pro-family, pro-entrepreneurship, pro-jobs, pro-market, pro-dignity
That's what they'll learn
BREAKING: Canadian Senate Bill S-206 for a Guaranteed Livable Basic Income passed Second Reading and will be sent to Committee
News Release: Senate Committee to Study Guaranteed Livable Basic Income — Senator Kim Pate 🤩
News Release: Senate Committee to Study Guaranteed Livable Basic Income — Senator Kim Pate 🤩
November 7, 2025 at 5:36 PM
The evidence is in favour of basic income
pro-freedom, pro-safety, pro-family, pro-entrepreneurship, pro-jobs, pro-market, pro-dignity
That's what they'll learn
pro-freedom, pro-safety, pro-family, pro-entrepreneurship, pro-jobs, pro-market, pro-dignity
That's what they'll learn
Reposted by Ken Yang
BREAKING: Canadian Senate Bill S-206 for a Guaranteed Livable Basic Income passed Second Reading and will be sent to Committee
News Release: Senate Committee to Study Guaranteed Livable Basic Income — Senator Kim Pate 🤩
News Release: Senate Committee to Study Guaranteed Livable Basic Income — Senator Kim Pate 🤩
November 7, 2025 at 5:29 PM
BREAKING: Canadian Senate Bill S-206 for a Guaranteed Livable Basic Income passed Second Reading and will be sent to Committee
News Release: Senate Committee to Study Guaranteed Livable Basic Income — Senator Kim Pate 🤩
News Release: Senate Committee to Study Guaranteed Livable Basic Income — Senator Kim Pate 🤩
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What happens when human labour no longer has economic value due to AI, and how does UBI fit in?
We sat down with @daveshap.bsky.social and Dalibor Petrovic, two people leading the frontier of post-labour economics.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=jX21...
We sat down with @daveshap.bsky.social and Dalibor Petrovic, two people leading the frontier of post-labour economics.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=jX21...
UBI in a Post-Labour Economy | David Shapiro, Dalibor Petrovic, Ken Yang
YouTube video by UBI Works
www.youtube.com
November 6, 2025 at 5:03 PM
What happens when human labour no longer has economic value due to AI, and how does UBI fit in?
We sat down with @daveshap.bsky.social and Dalibor Petrovic, two people leading the frontier of post-labour economics.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=jX21...
We sat down with @daveshap.bsky.social and Dalibor Petrovic, two people leading the frontier of post-labour economics.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=jX21...
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This is also pretty mainstream centrist policy
BREAKING🍁: 2025 Report of the National Advisory Council on Poverty recommends a basic income floor to ensure everyone reaches at least the poverty line
This is pretty reasonable.
This is pretty reasonable.
November 4, 2025 at 4:37 AM
This is also pretty mainstream centrist policy
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BREAKING🍁: 2025 Report of the National Advisory Council on Poverty recommends a basic income floor to ensure everyone reaches at least the poverty line
This is pretty reasonable.
This is pretty reasonable.
November 4, 2025 at 12:56 AM
BREAKING🍁: 2025 Report of the National Advisory Council on Poverty recommends a basic income floor to ensure everyone reaches at least the poverty line
This is pretty reasonable.
This is pretty reasonable.
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Step One: Fire the human workers and help degrade the total economy with both robotics and AI so now millions of out-of-work Americans don’t have money to spend buying shit on Amazon and also robots cost money but don’t spend money
Step Two: ???
Step Three: Profit!
Step Two: ???
Step Three: Profit!
Amazon hopes to replace 600,000 US workers with robots, according to leaked documents
Amazon hopes to replace 600,000 US workers with robots, according to leaked documents
They’re taking our jobs.
buff.ly
October 21, 2025 at 11:37 AM
Step One: Fire the human workers and help degrade the total economy with both robotics and AI so now millions of out-of-work Americans don’t have money to spend buying shit on Amazon and also robots cost money but don’t spend money
Step Two: ???
Step Three: Profit!
Step Two: ???
Step Three: Profit!
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"Canada's basic income superhero" 🍁
CBC The National on our team's work @ubiworks.bsky.social
We're already seeing increasing reports of companies firing, or not hiring, because of AI.
We all know what's coming. All paths to a bright future lead to UBI.
We're already seeing increasing reports of companies firing, or not hiring, because of AI.
We all know what's coming. All paths to a bright future lead to UBI.
October 28, 2025 at 4:35 PM
"Canada's basic income superhero" 🍁
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CBC The National on our team's work @ubiworks.bsky.social
We're already seeing increasing reports of companies firing, or not hiring, because of AI.
We all know what's coming. All paths to a bright future lead to UBI.
We're already seeing increasing reports of companies firing, or not hiring, because of AI.
We all know what's coming. All paths to a bright future lead to UBI.
October 28, 2025 at 4:33 PM
CBC The National on our team's work @ubiworks.bsky.social
We're already seeing increasing reports of companies firing, or not hiring, because of AI.
We all know what's coming. All paths to a bright future lead to UBI.
We're already seeing increasing reports of companies firing, or not hiring, because of AI.
We all know what's coming. All paths to a bright future lead to UBI.
@dannyoleksiuk.bsky.social We're hosting a Housing & LVT panel meetup in at SFU in Burnaby on Nov 27.
Wanted to personally invite you but couldn't msg you on X anymore.
Wanted to personally invite you but couldn't msg you on X anymore.
October 22, 2025 at 4:13 PM
@dannyoleksiuk.bsky.social We're hosting a Housing & LVT panel meetup in at SFU in Burnaby on Nov 27.
Wanted to personally invite you but couldn't msg you on X anymore.
Wanted to personally invite you but couldn't msg you on X anymore.
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With basic income, we're not just surviving—we're building a future where everyone can thrive.
That's the power of economic freedom.
That's the power of economic freedom.
October 21, 2025 at 2:44 PM
With basic income, we're not just surviving—we're building a future where everyone can thrive.
That's the power of economic freedom.
That's the power of economic freedom.
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Basic Income will help us Build a Strong Canada.
Basic Income will help us Build a Strong Canada.
October 16, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Basic Income will help us Build a Strong Canada.
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Basic Income will help us Build a Strong Canada.
October 16, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Basic Income will help us Build a Strong Canada.
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I believe AI will create massive wealth and potential for humankind to flourish.
But no matter, what we can all anticipate that the gains will be extremely uneven—perhaps more than any technological revolution that came before. And this is true even if there isn't rapid and sudden mass job loss. 🧵
But no matter, what we can all anticipate that the gains will be extremely uneven—perhaps more than any technological revolution that came before. And this is true even if there isn't rapid and sudden mass job loss. 🧵
October 14, 2025 at 7:43 PM
I believe AI will create massive wealth and potential for humankind to flourish.
But no matter, what we can all anticipate that the gains will be extremely uneven—perhaps more than any technological revolution that came before. And this is true even if there isn't rapid and sudden mass job loss. 🧵
But no matter, what we can all anticipate that the gains will be extremely uneven—perhaps more than any technological revolution that came before. And this is true even if there isn't rapid and sudden mass job loss. 🧵
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Maybe listen to the Nobel Prize winner whose work made AI like ChatGPT possible… when he says UBI will be necessary?
October 10, 2025 at 11:40 PM
Maybe listen to the Nobel Prize winner whose work made AI like ChatGPT possible… when he says UBI will be necessary?
Many in the Canadian basic income movement brushed this off until as recently as 2 years ago, when chatGPT became the fastest product to 100M users
Now everyone's talking about it
Now everyone's talking about it
Bernie dropped this video saying AI will wipe out the working class.
“Millions of jobs will be eliminated. This is not science fiction. It’s already happening.”
The UBI movement has been saying this for years.
“Millions of jobs will be eliminated. This is not science fiction. It’s already happening.”
The UBI movement has been saying this for years.
October 9, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Many in the Canadian basic income movement brushed this off until as recently as 2 years ago, when chatGPT became the fastest product to 100M users
Now everyone's talking about it
Now everyone's talking about it